Category: Internet

SearchCap: Recapping Google’s “Step Inside AdWords” News Event

April 23, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search Marketers: Keep Calm, Carry On Everybody loves progress, but nobody likes change. This adage is particularly true any time Google announces major upgrades to AdWords. If recent comments on Twitter are any indication, Google this morning was gearing up to pull your hair, throw sand in your face and take your lunch money. None of this is true. The Sky Is – SMX Advanced Early Bird Rates Expire Next Week. Register Now & Save! Fluent in search marketing? SMX Advanced is for you. Join us, June 11-12 in Seattle for two days of expert-only sessions, keynotes and the highest-level networking…

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SearchCap: Recapping Google’s “Step Inside AdWords” News Event

13 Vagrant Resources for WordPress Development

April 22, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Vagrant is an open source tool that makes it easy to configure and distribute virtual development environments. The project was started in 2010 by Mitchell Hashimoto and John Bender who wanted to create a way to standardize development environments for teams. Vagrant was designed to put an end to the works on my machine frustration that often surfaces when teams develop on different environments. Because it’s so lightweight and portable, many WordPress developers have adopted Vagrant for development, which has resulted in different tools and configurations for various project needs. We’ve collected a few WordPress-related Vagrant resources here that will help you get started. Varying Vagrant Vagrants Varying Vagrant Vagrants is one of the most widely used and best-supported Vagrant configurations for WordPress…

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13 Vagrant Resources for WordPress Development

Perfect Your Website With 3 Simple UX Research Methods

April 22, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Perfect your website with 3 simple UX research methods By Paula Borowska | UX Design | Apr 18, 2014

Tweet User testing doesn’t have to be difficult at all. I’m going to talk about three lean research methods that are neither extensive nor expensive to carry out but will in turn provide you with valuable feedback. The methods can be used for anything, test a landing page or test a whole mobile app. The important thing is to gather feedback: design for yourself, and only your point of view counts; design for others, and you need to hear their thoughts. Which method, or methods, you choose will have significant consequences for your design, and different methods are more suitable for different objectives. Experience sampling This technique is used…

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Perfect your website with 3 simple UX research methods

New wp-config Tweaks You Probably Don’t Know

April 22, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

The wp-config.php file: One of the most loved WordPress feature for some, one of the worst nightmares for others. There are countless tips and tricks in a plethora of articles, and you can’t get enough of them; however, this article is aiming to be different. In this article, we’re going to get familiar with eight new wp-config tricks that are less known than functionality such as turning off post revisions, increasing the memory limit, or other similar features. Don’t forget to backup your installation! The tips in this article do not change any database values nor do they play with any files (except wp-config.php, of course) so you can just download a copy of your wp-config.php file, but you can …

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New wp-config Tweaks You Probably Don’t Know

Flickr Shows it Could Still Be the Best Photo-Sharing Platform

April 22, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

While I was studying photography in college, Flickr was the best place to store, organize and share photos. Almost everyone with a DSLR used it, poring over photosets and meticulously crafted albums. As smartphones grew in popularity, casual and professional photographers alike adopted mobile-centric apps such as Instagram. Flickr was slow to recognize this trend, however, and its relevancy slowly faded as the volume of photos captured, edited and shared from mobile devices grew. I’ve always wanted a superlative service that offers the best of both. A place where I can store and share all of my favorite photos, regardless of whether I’ve shot them on a smartphone, compact system camera or full-frame DSLR. Instagram’s success stems from its simplicity, but the …

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Flickr Shows it Could Still Be the Best Photo-Sharing Platform